Gap Fill - Himalayas Rescue - Level 5

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A rescue took place on one of the world's dangerous mountains. An team of from Poland made a dangerous night of the 8,126-meter-high Nanga Parbat in the Pakistani Himalayas. The is known as "Killer Mountain" because of the number of who have died there. The rescued French climber Elisabeth Revol. She was 7,400 meters up on the icy . Unfortunately, a climber Ms Revol was climbing with is still missing. The conditions were too dangerous for the rescuers to spend any more time on the rescue .

The elite climbers were attempting the first winter ascent of the nearby K2 mountain, the second highest in the . The drama began on Saturday when helicopters spotted Revol in trouble. The helicopters flew the Polish climbers from K2 to Nanga Parbat, 4,900 meters up. The team then made its rescue in total . Unfortunately, were too dangerous for Ms Revol's co-climber Tomasz Mackiewicz to be rescued. A said: "The rescue for Tomasz is not possible….It would put the of rescuers in danger."

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